Shadow of the Sun (The Shadow Saga) (61 page)

Amunhotep III: (Ah.moon.ho.tep) The Pharaoh of Egypt, married to his younger sister Sit-Amun and his consort Ti-Yee, father to Akhenaten

Amunnites: (Ah.moon.nights) Anyone who worships Amun

Anen: (Ah.nin) Queen Ti-Yee’s brother, Chief of Sightings for the

Amunite Priesthood Ankh: Symbol of Eternal life

Ankh-es-en-pa-Aten: The third daughter of Queen Nefertiti Antimony: A silver grayish rock which was used to make kohl eyeliner

Apepi: (Ah.pep.pi) The dragon worm from the underworld which consumes spirits forbidding them to pass into Amentii Apis Bull: The sacred bull and is represented by the constellation of Taurus

Apuati: (Ah.pu.ah.tea): The Shining One, an endearing name for Pharaoh Akhenaten

Archollos: (Arc.hol.lows) The blond boy rescued from a ship wreck, nephew of King Alkaides of Mycenae (Greece)

Ases-Amun: (Ah.sess.Ah.moon) The Chief High Priest of the Hanuti black sorcerers

Asgat: (Oz.got) The Egyptian word for water, also Merit-Aten’s feral cat

Atef Crown: (Ah.tef) The elongated oblong crown with two feathers worn by Osiris

Aten: (Ah.ten) Fourth stage of the Sun, Aten the Wesir and benevolent ruler, when there was a full flowering of consciousness and all were enlightened, represented in Amarna art as a sun disk with rays extending in hands touching all

Ay: (Eye) Father of Nefertiti, The Royal Fanbearer to Queen Ti-Yee and her son Akhenaten

Aziru of Amurru: A Babylonian King in Amurru- a coastal plain of Syria, son of Abdi Amurru. An ally of the Egyptian king.

Barque: (Bark) A sailing ship of three or more masts having the foremasts rigged square and the aftermast rigged fore-and-aft. Or a portable smaller wooden version used to transport a golden idol of Amun for Festivals.

Bastet: (Bass.tet) The Cat Goddess

Ben Ben stone: The pyramidal meteorite that hit the earth. This is where the phoenix rose from the primordial soup.

Bes: The jolly, grotesque dwarf is the god of childbirth who protected the young and weak. Bes used music, singing and dancing to defeat the forces of evil.

Bread beer: A thick beer which looked like gruel. Alcohol killed parasites and bacteria

Celestial Lords: The Lords of Karma whom Merit-Aten made a deal with before birth

Choosing: In this matrilineal society—the name and property and throne is passed on through the mother. A daughter is allowed to choose her mate.

Consort: A husband or wife

Co-regents: When the Pharaoh appoints a son or daughter to rule with him in order to educate him/her in-court matters.

Cosmic Sun: The Great Central Sun—home of the Aten

Dazzling Aten: The famous golden barge given as a gift to Queen Ti-Yee

Deben: A measurement of silver

Delphinium: Blue flower

Demesne: (Do.main) Mansion

Denderah: (Den.der.ah) The Temple on the Nile dedicated to Hathor, where the Per Akh birth house is located and home to the Maidens of Amem

Djed: (Jed) Grandfather, or the name of the pillar associated with the backbone symbolizes stability

Djedti: (Jedi) Grandmother

Djeser-Djeseru: (Jes.er.Jes.er.ru) The Holy of Holies or the most sacred spot in the Temple where an object of power is placed

Duat: (Doo.at) The astral or underworld plane one enters upon death before they go to Amentii. The abode of Osiris. Easting: Birthing, or being born and refers to the Sun rising in the East at the beginning of each day

Electrum: Gold and silver mixed with a bit of copper

Ennead: The nine Gods and Goddesses

Faience: (Fay.ence) Glazed ceramic usually a royal blue color

Fanbearer: He Who Has the Ears of the King or Queen Frankincense: (Frank.en.sense) Dried tree sap that comes from trees of the genus Boswellia

Gem-pa-Aten: The great Aten Temple built between Karnak and Luxor, the mudbricks can still be found at Luxor used in the 9th pylon

Grand Elder Tuya: Queen Ti-Yee’s mother and consort to Yuya

Hanuti: (Ha.noot.tea) The elite black sorcerers of the Amun priesthood

Hapi: (Happy) Neter or God of the Nile

Harem: (Hair.em) House or private quarters for the living area of women and children

Hathor: (Hath.or) The Cow-earred Goddess of Denderah, who rules over childbirth and music

Hatshepsut: (Hat.shep.soot) Queen Hatshepsut—wife of Tutmosis II who died and left the throne to his son Tutmosis III. Hatshepsut shared co-regency with stepson Tutmosis III but declared and portrayed herself as a male Pharaoh.

Heka: (Heck.ah) Neter of wisdom and sacred sounds, plural is Hekau, also the sign of the crook

Heka Tekhennu: (Heck.ah Tech.can.noo) The distorted ritual of sacrificing a young child and drinking their blood to ensure abundance

Heliopolis: (He.lee.op.po.lis) The solar cult temple

HeMeti: (Heh.Me.tea) The female head of the household, She Who Has the Last Word. The symbol for Isis is a woman with a throne on her head meaning the woman passes on the throne and should be treated with great respect and given a chair with a stool for her feet.

Hep-Mut: (Hep.Moot) The dwarf nursemaid to Merit-Aten

Heraqhet test: (Hair.auk) Initiation in the crystal chamber to measure one’s ability to hold the light of the Aten

Hieroglyphics: (Hi.ro.glyph.icks) Greek for sacred texts, the carved reliefs on the walls

Hittite: (Hit-tight) The great enemy of Egypt in Hatti, North Syria. They were a mixed race of people who occupied most of Antolia

Holy of Holies: The most sacred inner sanctum called the Djeser-Djeseru

Hoopoe bird: The Hoopoes are a small Old World family of two or three species. All have long, thin, and decurved bills; broad round wings; square tails crossed by a wide white band, and long erectile crests. All species also have dramatic black and white wing patterns.

Horemheb: (Hor.em.heb) The General under Pharaoh Akhenaten, his name translates as Big News of He Who Comes to the Feast, he was a cheese maker’s son from Khepert and later ruled as a Pharaoh

Hwt-Ben Ben: (He.ben.ben) The red granite obelisk which represented a ray of the sun

Ib-Ra: One of Akhenaten’s Council of Twelve

Ichneumon: (Ick.new.mon) A mongoose

Imhotep: (Im.ho.tep) The title of the Master of all Architects

Isis: or Aset: The Goddess of nature and magic and fertility, consort of

Osiris

Ka: The physical or astral projection of the soul which is still attached to the body

Karnak: (Car.nak) The Administrative Temple of Amun set in Thebes where the Amun priesthood, clergy, scribes, stewards and overseers remained

Kheperesh Crown: (Kep.er.resh) The blue crown or war crown made of cloth or leather

Keshtuat: (Kesh.tu.a) The Nubian girl with long braids in the class of initiates, daughter of the Court Costume Maker

Khemit: Khemitian: KMT (Chem.it) Name for Egypt referring to the black alluvial soil

Kheper: (Kef.er) The first stage of the sun when light begins to shine upon the people, also another name for the scarab beetle which pushes a ball of dung

Khepri-Aten: (Kef.free.Ah.ten) Priestess of the Aten Temple Khonsu: (Kon.zoo) The Amun golden idol and moonchild, son of Amun and Lion Goddess Mut. The three are considered to be part of the Theban triad.

Khyphi: (Kef.ee) A heavy incense used to fumigate the temples

Kiya: The Royal Harpist and mother to Smenkhkare

KMT: (Chem.it) The black land of Egypt, famous for the alluvial soil washed down from the Nile flood

Kohl: The eyeliner commonly used to shield the eyes from the harsh sunlight

Lotus: A perennial plant in the monogeneric family Nelumbonaceae

Lustration of the Rites of Osiris: Last rites said to the deceased to rectify his ka

Luxor: (Loox.or) The modern name for the Southern Ipet whose later Arabic title of el-Aksur meant the castles. Set on the Nile banks.